#1130549 evince: Thumbnails not displayed - just empty icon

Package:
evince
Source:
evince
Description:
Document (PostScript, PDF) viewer
Submitter:
Jeffrey Ratcliffe
Date:
2026-03-19 16:15:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1130549#5
Date:
2026-03-12 21:14:52 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

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   * What led up to the situation?

I upgraded to the latest version, the first using Gtk4

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?

Viewed a PDF

   * What was the outcome of this action?

The main windows rendered the PDF, but an empty icon was displayed in place of
the thumbnail.

   * What outcome did you expect instead?

A thumbnail of the page should have been displayed, just like in the previous
version.

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#1130549#10
Date:
2026-03-19 16:01:20 UTC
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To:
I can confirm this problem in version 49~alpha-2, it is a recent regression that
only started occurring after an apt-upgrade.

(Between this and the scroll wheel zoom issue, this alpha seems to have quite a
few problems -- I am somewhat surprised to see that an alpha version has been
propagated all the way to testing.)

Kind regards,
Ralf

#1130549#15
Date:
2026-03-19 16:13:01 UTC
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I think most people would be better off using papers instead of evince.

But the thumbnail issue might be more because of the apparmor profile
than the gtk4 update. See https://bugs.debian.org/1127935

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha